THE INDUSTRY-STANDARD SAMPLERPlay and control a vast range of cutting-edge sample instrumentsOn-board library with 1,000+ instruments and 43+ GB of contentUltra-deep sample editing and instrument building options

THE WORLD OF KONTAKTKONTAKT is the world’s leading software sampler. Its sophisticated sound engine, wide array of effects, powerful modulation possibilities, and advanced scripting brings a universe of sound to life with unrivaled playability and realism. And with an ever-growing feature set, KONTAKT continues to be the sample engine behind the future of sound.

INFINITE SOUNDThe KONTAKT Factory Library includes a versatile range of instruments right out of the box – a ready-to-use toolset of over 43 GB of high-quality samples and more than 1000 production-ready instruments, including synths, choirs, acoustic and orchestral instruments, drum machines, and much more.

KONTAKT’s cutting-edge features and advanced performance possibilities are the driving force behind Native Instruments' growing list of premium sampled instruments. An open platform for development, KONTAKT powers a vast array of third-party instruments from the world’s top instrument builders.

EDIT AND BUILDKONTAKT is a playground for anyone working creatively with samples. Arrange, edit, loop, slice, and time-stretch your samples using seven playback modes. Shape samples in ways subtle to extreme using 84 built-in effects. Animate any sound with endless modulation possibilities and take control of multiple sample groups with sophisticated routing options.

LIGHTING THE WAYThe KONTAKT interface mirrors the Light Guide on KOMPLETE KONTROL S-SERIES keyboards for one-to-one visual feedback when looking for key switches, setting up key splits, and more. It also helps instrument builders turn their original concept into an integrated software/hardware solution that works flawlessly out of the box.

What's New in 5.6The user interface style has received a major updateADDED Real numbers and advanced math functions are now available in KSPADDED New KSP command to enable instruments up to 1000 pixels wide: set_ui_width_px()ADDED Official support for automation assignments via KSP, improving a previously undocumented, yet widely used featureADDED Parameter names are now visible in ProTools’ Plug-in Automation listADDED Usage data tracking. More info here: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/support/knowledge-base/show/4519/what-is-usage-data-tracking/ADDED New KSP command to set an instrument’s color including its header: set_ui_color()CHANGED The maximum height of instruments was raised to 750 pixels when set via KSPCHANGED Improved performance on certain scripts using heavy image resourcesFIXED The Transient Master effect stopped processing when there were no voices running, abruptly muting tails of other effectsFIXED The Phaser effect produced stereo signal with muted right channel when used with mono samplesFIXED Common loading time issue with commercial Libraries that was worked around by local batch re-saveFIXED Sample-rate changes would cause crackles and changes of the sound of the convolution effectFIXED NKA files would silently fail being written to disk under certain circumstances (affected certain Libraries, like EXHALE)FIXED Modal dialog placement was unpredictable - now everything appears on center of active displayFIXED Crash when showing the Quickload panel while having high UI activity on a Performance ViewFIXED Crash on OS X when changing the latency setting right after changing the sample rateFIXED Crash when renaming modulators under certain circumstancesFIXED Deleting MIDI CC modulators only worked on one group even when attempting it over multiple onesFIXED Editing modulators of modulators only worked on on one group even when attempting it over multiple onesFIXED Attempting to rename modulators across multiple groups yielded unexpected resultsFIXED The memory footprint display on instrument header froze when in MASCHINE or KOMPLETE KONTROLFIXED The UI of the mod shaper turned unusable when deleting the first or last nodeFIXED Drag and drop was broken on OS X if a CD was in the driveFIXED Changing snapshots on bigger instruments caused a parse error under certain circumstancesFIXED KSP: Parameter value strings (labels) wouldn’t be published to DAW if triggered from within the ui_control callback of textedit controlsFIXED KSP variable $EVENT_PAR_SOURCE was unreliable under certain circumstancesFIXED The Retrigger factory script would freeze notes when rate-knob was set to bar and clock was not runningREMOVED The Modules tab from the sidebar has been removedREMOVED The font size option has been removed

Full installer plus update installer are included to simplify the update process for those who don't have a previous installation.

FiXED NOTE:

Previous release had a check badly patched making libraries display the following error message in the Kontakt browser: "Library content not found. Click Locate to set the content."